Andrew Jackson High School (Queens, New York)
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Andrew Jackson High School is a defunct comprehensive high school
in the Cambria Heights section in southeastern Queens, New York. The school was opened in 1937. However, the city closed down the school in 1994. At its nadir
in 1970, police
broke up a heroin-processing factory in the school's basement.
Amongst its allumni were Lloyd Daniels
, Boo Harvey
http://weready2party.com/dev_wp2/archives/1359, and Bob Cousy
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014144.html, Curtis Jackson
Since its closure the building was renamed Campus Magnet High School. It contains into several different high schools centered around various professional themes: Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship; Humanities and the Arts; Law, Government and Community Service; Mathematics/Science Research and Technology. The schools' graduation rate in 2010 approximated the graduation rate of the original school in 1992. The multi-school campus is at 207-11 116th Avenue.
Comprehensive high school
Comprehensive high schools are the most common form of public high schools in the United States and are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations...
in the Cambria Heights section in southeastern Queens, New York. The school was opened in 1937. However, the city closed down the school in 1994. At its nadir
Nadir
The nadir is the direction pointing directly below a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface there. Since the concept of being below is itself somewhat vague, scientists define the nadir in more rigorous...
in 1970, police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
broke up a heroin-processing factory in the school's basement.
Amongst its allumni were Lloyd Daniels
Lloyd Daniels
Lloyd Daniels is a retired American professional and semi-professional basketball player.The 6'7" shooting guard was one of the most sought-after recruits in the nation during the 1986-87 recruiting cycle. At the time, he was considered the most talented player from New York City since Kareem...
, Boo Harvey
Boo Harvey
Greg "Boo" Harvey is an American former basketball player who is best known for his collegiate career at St. John's University between 1987–88 and 1989–1990. He starred as the point guard for the Redmen, and as a senior was the recipient of both the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award and Haggerty...
http://weready2party.com/dev_wp2/archives/1359, and Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy
Robert Joseph "Bob" Cousy is a retired American professional basketball player. The 6'1" , 175-pound Cousy played point guard with the National Basketball Association's Boston Celtics from 1951 to 1963 and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals in the 1969–70 season...
http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00014144.html, Curtis Jackson
Since its closure the building was renamed Campus Magnet High School. It contains into several different high schools centered around various professional themes: Business, Computer Applications and Entrepreneurship; Humanities and the Arts; Law, Government and Community Service; Mathematics/Science Research and Technology. The schools' graduation rate in 2010 approximated the graduation rate of the original school in 1992. The multi-school campus is at 207-11 116th Avenue.